Revolution holds off FC Dallas

Taylor Twellman scored the lone goal of the game and Matt Reis
made two saves as the Revolution picked up a 1-0 victory.

Last season, Dallas topped New England, 4-0, at Pizza Hut Park,
scoring all four tallies in the first 20 minutes of the game. It
was the worst loss of the season for the eventual MLS Cup
finalists.

"It feels good, although I would rather have won our last game
here (last year's MLS Cup Final), but we came away with three
points and we beat a good team at their place," New England
midfielder Steve Ralston said. "It was a great result for us."

Twellman's league-leading fourth goal came in the 13th minute.
It was a remarkable performance from the MLS All-Star, who had
been ill during the week.

"I was sick all week, so I was dealing with just half a tank
today," Twellman said. "I should have been a better option up
front for the boys, but it was a matter of me having to fight
through it."

After being taken down at midfield by FC Dallas' Chris Gbandi,
the forward recovered and raced down the right side. Just 10
yards from the goal, Twellman received a pass from Steve Ralston
and sent a shot into the right side of the net past goalkeeper
Shaka Hislop.

Dallas players wanted an offside call on the play, but the goal
stood.

"I wasn't offside. If I had been, the linesman's flag would
have gone up and it didn't," Twellman said. "It was just a
matter of getting in the right spot at the right time."

It was the 79th goal of Twellman's career, moving him into a tie
for seventh place with Preki among the MLS' all-time goal
scorers.

The assist was Ralston's third of the season.

Dallas' best chance to even the score came in the 57th minute,
but Ramon Nunez's shot was turned away by Reis.

Hislop made six saves for FC Dallas.

"I thought we defended well against (FC Dallas) and we got a
great goal from Taylor," New England coach Steve Nicol said.
"It was a win away from home and we can't be disappointed with
that."

FC Dallas suffered its third shutout in its last four outings,
including two in a row at home.

"Obviously, it's a concern when our forwards are having a hard
time scoring," FC Dallas coach Steve Morrow said. "The whole
team has to take responsibility for going forward, scoring goals
and defending. I'm not going to single any one individual
out."

New England (2-1-1) finished with seven shots on goal compared
to two by Dallas (2-3-1), which was playing its second match in
four days.